Linear Darier disease with herpes zoster superinfection treated successfully by brivudine

Br J Dermatol. 2006 Feb;154(2):365-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06936.x.

Abstract

We report the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient presenting linear Darier disease with varicella-zoster virus superinfection following the lines of Blaschko. The lesions healed after treatment with brivudine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bromodeoxyuridine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Bromodeoxyuridine / therapeutic use
  • Darier Disease / drug therapy*
  • Darier Disease / pathology
  • Darier Disease / virology
  • Herpes Zoster / complications
  • Herpes Zoster / drug therapy*
  • Herpes Zoster / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Superinfection / complications
  • Superinfection / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • brivudine
  • Bromodeoxyuridine